Colton Baumler
Graduate Student Candidate
Data Intensive Biology lab of the University of California, Davis
Education
2021 - Present Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (Doctor of Philosophy)
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
2015 - 2019 University of
Washington (Bachelors of Science)
- Molecular Biology
- Computer Science Minor
2013 - 2015 Green Valley Community
College (Associate of Science)
- Biology Honors Track
Research Experience
2021 - Present Graduate Researcher
(MIT Computational Biology Lab)
- Developed scalable pangenome analysis tools for microbiome studies
2017 - 2019 Research Assistant (UW
Molecular Systems Lab)
- Investigated protein interactions in cancer pathways
2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Intern
(Genomics Center, UW)
- Analyzed RNA-seq datasets for plant stress tolerance research
2013 - 2015 Tutor (Green Valley CC)
- Subjects included Organic Chemistry, Calculus, and Physics
Professional Service
2023 - Present Workshop Organizer (Bioinformatics
Summer Bootcamp)
2021 - Present Mentor (Undergraduate Research
Mentorship Program)
2015 - 2018 Volunteer (Community Science Outreach)
Community Involvement
2021 - Present Founding Member (MIT)
2016 - 2018 Volunteer (Seattle, WA)
2017 - 2019 Chair (University of
Washington)
Funding and Grants
2022 - 2025 National Science Foundation
Fellowship NSF (MIT)
2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Research
Grant UW (University of Washington)
2014 - 2015 Merit Scholarship Green
Valley Community College (Green Valley CC)
Honors and Awards
June 2019 Dean’s List (University of
Washington)
- For academic excellence
April 2023 Best Research
Presentation (MIT)
- Student Bioinformatics Conference
May 2018 Excellence in Teaching
Award (University of Washington)
- Undergraduate Teaching Program
Skills
Programming Languages (MIT)
- Python, R, Java, C++
Data Analysis Tools (MIT)
- Pandas, NumPy, ggplot2
Version Control (University of
Washington)
- Git/GitHub
Text Editors (MIT)
- RStudio, PyCharm
Presentations
July 2024 Pangenomics Workshop (MIT)
- Workshop lead and organizer
March 2023 Advances in Microbial
Genomics (University of Washington)
- Invited lecture to graduate students
September 2022 Data-Driven Biology
(Cambridge, MA)
- Keynote speaker at bioinformatics conference